The Republican journal., 1887-01-13
The Water Company Charter.

The following is copy of the charter which the
water company will present to the legislature this
session:
SECT. l. Charles J. Gilman, Charles +. Parks,
William Wheeler, their associates and successors
are hereby made a corporation by the name of the
Belfast Water Company, for the purpose of fur
nishing to the people of Belfast supply of pure
water for domestic, mechanical and nl;inufactur-
ing purposes, and to the city of Belfast,
the eNtinguishment of fires and other public uses,
with all the rights, privileges, immunites, duties
and obligations incident to similar corporations.
SECT. 2. The capital stock of said corporation
shall not exceed - thousand dollars; it may
acquire and hold real and personal estate necessary
and convenient for the purpose aforesaid; and it
may issue bonds and other obligations, secured by
mortgage of its franchise and other property, to
carry out the purposes for which it is created.
SECT. 3. Said corporation may take and hold by
purchase, or may take for public uses, any real
estate or easement therein, necessary for obtaining
a sufficient supply of water, for the construction
OF reservoirs, and laying pipes; and may erect
and maintain all necessary dams, reservoirs,
stand pipes and hydrants; it NAV Law its pipes
through the lands of persons and corporations
and having first obtained the permission of the
municipal officers of said city and under such re
strictiOns and regulations as they may prescribe
along the streets and ways of said city; and may
lay its pipes under any railroad, water course, or
private way, and cross any drain OF sewer pipe
for the distribution of gas; and it may upon
and dig up any such real estate, railroad, street.
or way for the purpose of laying pipes erecting
hydrants or other fixtures and maintaining and re-.
thing, necessary, convenient and proper to carry
out the purpose of providing a supply of water
and distributing the same to the inhabitants of
said city for the uses aforesaid.
SEC. 4. Said corporation shall file in the regis
try of deeds certificate containing description
of the land purchased OF taken, or in which nm
easement is taken, under the provisions of this act
and statement of the purposes for which it is
taken, to be recorded by the register; and such
land or easement shall be deemed to be taken upon
the filing of such certificate. But this section shall
not apply to the pipes leading from the main pipe
for the purpose of distributing the water.
SECT 5. Said corporation shall pay all damages
sustained by any person or corporation in property
by the taking of any land, right of way, water,
water source, water right or easement, or by the
said corporation under the authority of this act
Any person or corporation sustaining damages as
aforesaid may have the same determined in the
manner provided by law for the assessment of
damages for lands taken for railroads, upon appi-
cation at any time within the period of three Years
from the taking of such land or other property or
the doing of other injury, under the authority of
this act but If no application is made within three
years as aforesaid, the party claiming to have suf-
claim therefor.
SECT: 6. Said corporation may distribute the
water through said city of Belfast; may regulate
the use of said water and fix and collect water
rates to be paid for the same but such rates shall
not exceed those in other towns and cities in
Maine, of the general size and circumstances of
commence receiving pay for water supplied by it.,
said corporation shall he bound to furnish at reas-
enable rates as aforesaid water to the inhabitants
of said city for said uses within reasonable dis
lance from the main pipe. and to said city in its
| corporate capacity for public uses.
And said city is hereby authorized to contract with
said corporation for water for public uses on such
terms as the parties may agree including the re-
mission of taxes upon the real estate fixtures and
plant of said corporation.
SECT. I. Any person who shall corrupt the wat
ers of any of the sources Of supply reservoirs of
said corporation, or render them impure, or who
shall throw or leave any offensive matter mate
rails upon them when frozen oyer, or who shall
wilfuly injure any dam, reservoir, conduit, pipe,
hydrant, engine, water wheel, Or other property
purposes of this act, shall pay three times the
amount Of damages to said corporation, to be re
covered in any proper action; and every such per-
son, conviction of either of said acts aforesaid
shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hun
bred dollars, and by Imprisonment not exceeding
one year.
SECT. 8. II said corporation shall find it neces-
sary to lay its pipes over tide water, it may build
and maintain all necessary piers and other struct
ures. causing little obstruction to navigation
possible.
SECT. 8. This act takes effect when approved.